One hundred seventy-five new graduate students in Fordham Law School’s LL.M. and M.S.L. programs have hit the books and are beginning to sharpen their critical thinking skills since joining the Fordham Law student body last month. These graduate students come from more than 40 countries and bring significant professional experience in their respective areas of expertise, which will complement their studies at Fordham Law. “We welcomed an outstanding cohort of LL.M. and M.S.L. students this semester,” said Assistant Dean Toni-Jaeger-Fine, who leads the Law School’s graduate programs. “These students who are profiled are emblematic of the diversity, talent, and experience…
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Elizabeth Ireland McCann, LAW ’66, a glass-ceiling-breaking producer who earned nine Tony Awards and helped mount more than 60 productions on and off-Broadway in a five-decade career in theater, died of cancer on September 9 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. She was 90. “Obviously she pioneered the way for a lot of women,” McCann’s longtime friend and associate Kristen Luciana told the Daily News. “But Liz was so much more than a great female Broadway producer. She was a great Broadway producer—full stop.” McCann rose to prominence as one half of McCann & Nugent Productions, a company she formed with Nelle…
President Borut Pahor of Slovenia made a special visit to Fordham Law School on Sept. 22 during his brief stay in New York City for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Dean Matthew Diller and Joseph Landau, associate dean for academic affairs, greeted President Pahor at the Lincoln Center campus. “It was an honor to have President Pahor with us,” Dean Diller said. “His career is so remarkable and President Pahor has played such a pivotal role in bringing a full-fledged flowering of democracy to Slovenia.” At 26, President Pahor was elected a member of the European Parliament…
Fordham Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) hit the pavement over Labor Day weekend, providing low-income Asian American residents and small business owners with information on how to access Asian American Bar Association (AABANY)’s pro-bono legal clinic and other resources to address housing issues, anti-Asian violence, and the impact of COVID-19. The poster campaign event was co-sponsored by AABANY’s Pro Bono Community Services Committee, its Young Lawyers Committee, Asian Americans for Equality, and law firm Mayer Brown. More than 40 volunteers—made up of Fordham Law students, Asian American Bar Association (AABANY), and APALSA law students from the New…
Kamille Dean, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Fordham Law, and Kimathi Gordon-Somers, assistant dean of student affairs and diversity, were quoted in an article by LLM GUIDE discussing how law schools across the country have been doubling down on diversity and inclusion. Aside from financial barriers, first generation minority students may not have the same access to information, advice and networks as their more privileged peers. Fordham Law in New York supports pipeline programs to help address this disparity. For example, its IDEAL program (Increasing Diversity in Education and the Law) identifies promising students and exposes them to…
New York Law Journal profiled Judge Denny Chin ’78 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, who has been named Fordham Law’s Lawrence W. Pierce ’51 Distinguished Jurist in Residence. As Fordham University School of Law’s inaugural Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit says he will focus more of his time on teaching and working one-on-one with students. … “I look forward to spending more time with colleagues on the faculty and having more time to reflect on various matters in the law,” Chin said…
Fordham Law’s annual Public Service Day, hosted by Fordham Law’s Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC), is a testament to the Law School’s motto, “In the service of others.” Every year, first-year Fordham Law students gather at the start of the fall semester to spend a day volunteering their time for community service projects. They are typically joined by returning students who lead student groups, organize the individual projects, and support and welcome the new 1Ls. After adapting in 2020 as a virtual event, Public Service Day returned this year as an in-person event (with the exception of four remote projects).…
In less than a decade, Alejandro Cremades LL.M. ’09 went from working as an international arbitration lawyer to becoming a financial guru. In addition to serving as a consultant for those looking to secure capital for new businesses and as an advisor on mergers and acquisitions, Cremades is a two-time best-selling author. His latest book, Selling Your Startup: Crafting the Perfect Exit, Selling Your Business, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know, ranked as the number one new release in consolidation and merger publications on Amazon after hitting bookshelves July 27. The roadmap to Cremades’ success is one that features…
The Center for Judicial Events and Clerkships (CJEC) has named its 2021-22 Peer Clerkship Council (PCC), composed of seven members of the J.D. Class of 2022 who worked closely with the Center in securing their post-graduate judicial clerkships. The Peer Clerkship Council initiative was launched by the CJEC last year to further the clerkship side of the Center’s mandate and to help foster a clerkships-oriented culture at the Law School. The inaugural PCC laid the foundation for an enduring peer support initiative, which had an immediate clear impact through a vast array of initiatives. This year’s PCC is eager to…
A sense of excitement was in the air as Fordham Law faculty, staff, and students arrived at Lincoln Center for the first day of classes on Aug. 25. The Law School’s student body, including more than 455 first-year J.D. students and 177 new LL.M., M.S.L., and S.J.D. students, became acclimated to the health and safety protocols for the return to fully in-person learning, including requirements for vaccinations against COVID-19, wearing masks indoors, and answering daily health questionnaires. “Attending class in person allows us the opportunity to not feel as anxious since everyone is masked and vaccinated,” said evening student Audrey…